Lot 1155
3¢ Ultramarine (114), horizontal pair tied to cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to Kentville, Nova Scotia (Canada), by cork cancels, used in combination with Hawaii 2¢ vermilion diagonal bisect (#31) and 5¢ blue (#32) each tied by negative "HI" cancel, red "G.P.O. Honolulu Paid All Feb 1" transit backstamp and "Kentville MR 671" arrival backstamp, the rate combination on this cover is 6¢ Hawaiian postage to the United States plus 6¢ United States postage to Canada, the Hawaiian bisect of the 2¢ vermilion is only Hawaiian stamp where a bisected use is bona fide, cover edge restored at top. An Extremely Fine usage.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
THIS COVER IS ENDORSED BY J.H. WODEHOUSE AT LOWER LEFT. AT THE TIME OF MAILING IN 1871 WODEHOUSE WAS THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO HAWAII.
Provenance: Knapp, Foote and Ishikawa
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